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Council Record

Special council meeting, 14 November 2022

Special council meeting

14 November 2022

4 agenda items · 3 motions · 3 with recorded votes · 3 declared conflicts of interest · 6 recorded chamber movements

Minutes Agenda

Page numbers beside each item are pages of this document, and each opens it there.

Council's meeting index listed this as ordinary; the minuted document opens “minutes for the Special meeting of the council”. The document is the better evidence, so this page publishes special.

Present
Cr Kev Poulton · Cr Graeme Simpfendorfer · Cr Libby Hall · Cr Danny Lowe · Cr Ron Mildren · Cr Olga Quilty
Officers in attendance
Mr M Hyde, Chief Executive Officer · Ms D Mudra, Deputy Chief Executive Officer · Ms S Andres, Acting Director Corporate Services · Mr L Schultz, Director Planning, Development and Infrastructure
Venue
the Council Chamber at 104 Hovell St, Wodonga as minuted
Opened
6pm, closed 7.14pm

Agenda

1 Welcome and acknowledgment of country No items recorded
2 Apologies, requests for leave of absence, and requests to attend by electronic means No items recorded
3 Declaration by councillors of any conflict of interest No items recorded
4 Reports for determination 4 items · 3 motions · 3 recorded votes
5 Urgent business No items recorded
6 Confidential urgent business No items recorded
7 Close of meeting No items recorded

Conflicts of interest declared

  • Cr Olga Quilty declared a material conflict of interest in item 4.1.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Quilty is a family member of a State Parliament member running for re-election.

  • Cr Libby Hall declared a general conflict of interest in item 4.1.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Hall is a member of the Liberal party and also a committee member on the party, and for the duration of the election campaign she will have a conflict with any of the campaign positions.

  • Cr Ron Mildren declared a general conflict of interest in item 4.1.

    Council recorded the nature of the interest as: Cr Mildren's membership of the Liberal party establishes a perception of conflict in respect of matters in the political debate.

Chamber movements recorded

Who the minutes record leaving the chamber and returning, in the order stated. Declaring an interest and leaving the room are separate facts, and this site does not state why anyone left.

  • Cr Libby Hall left the meeting at 6.06pm, recorded at item 4.1.

    Conflict of interest disclosures and lack of quorum Prior to the commencement of item 4.1 Crs Hall, Mildren and Quilty each disclosed a conflict of interest in that item, the details of which are recorded in these minutes at item 3. Crs Hall, Mildren and Quilty left the meeting at 6.06pm

    Minutes, page 4.

  • Cr Ron Mildren left the meeting at 6.06pm, recorded at item 4.1.

    Conflict of interest disclosures and lack of quorum Prior to the commencement of item 4.1 Crs Hall, Mildren and Quilty each disclosed a conflict of interest in that item, the details of which are recorded in these minutes at item 3. Crs Hall, Mildren and Quilty left the meeting at 6.06pm

    Minutes, page 4.

  • Cr Olga Quilty left the meeting at 6.06pm, recorded at item 4.1.

    Conflict of interest disclosures and lack of quorum Prior to the commencement of item 4.1 Crs Hall, Mildren and Quilty each disclosed a conflict of interest in that item, the details of which are recorded in these minutes at item 3. Crs Hall, Mildren and Quilty left the meeting at 6.06pm

    Minutes, page 4.

  • Cr Libby Hall returned to the meeting at 6.07pm, recorded at item 4.1.

    Crs Hall, Mildren and Quilty returned to the meeting room at 6.07pm, once the order of business had moved to item 4.2.

    Minutes, page 4.

  • Cr Ron Mildren returned to the meeting at 6.07pm, recorded at item 4.1.

    Crs Hall, Mildren and Quilty returned to the meeting room at 6.07pm, once the order of business had moved to item 4.2.

    Minutes, page 4.

  • Cr Olga Quilty returned to the meeting at 6.07pm, recorded at item 4.1.

    Crs Hall, Mildren and Quilty returned to the meeting room at 6.07pm, once the order of business had moved to item 4.2.

    Minutes, page 4.

Minutes from this period publish the vote count and name how each councillor voted.

Meeting closed 7.14pm. Minutes

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